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Title:

AJAX Accessibility: An ARIA Duet

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Level:

Advanced

Type:

Dual

Category:

New Technology / Next Generation

Presenter:

Sharron Rush, Knowbility

Description:

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIAs) are not just possible but freely obtained through open source techniques. ARIA developer Becky Gibson will demonstrate ARIA coding techniques and existing toolkits to solve real world challenges posed by accessible technology advocate Sharron Rush.

Becky's got great demoes and insights. Nice to get hard core code from the source...

This should be an excellent panel and not to be missed.

Sharron and Becky together? Great!! I'll be there, for sure!

Here are some the examples we are likely to demo:
* A tree view built with list items and links vs an ARIA tree that uses arrow key navigation just like the Operating System. Plus, in a screen reader the ARIA tree provides details on the current level, # of items in the level and whether the branch is expanded/collapsed.
* An Ajax update to the page that is announced by screen reader via the different ARIA live region types, polite, assertive, rude, etc.
* Rich text editor and toolbar working with a screen reader.
* Validating text box with invalid/required information spoken by screen reader and error messages spoken and displayed as popups.
* More!

I've worked with Becky and she has deep knowledge about ARIA, which is a critical draft standard that is being adopted by all major browsers. All professional DHTML authors should attend this!

This looks like a really interesting panel.

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Amazing - This justifies my trip to SXSW.

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